Corn Brought to the Earth

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Title Corn Brought to the Earth
Subject Indians of North America--Social life and customs; Indians of North America--Origins; Indians of North America--Languages; Paiute Indians; Paiute Indians--history; Language and languages; Ethnohistory; Indigenous peoples--North America
Keywords Ute and Paiute Legends 1873; Traditions; Native Americans
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
File Name (43) Corn brought to the earth.pdf
Tribe Paiute; Ute
Language eng
Description In the very early days, when everyone was small, poor, and hungry, a local mother sent her son across the sky, to the distant country of the Shin-au-av, in search of subsidence. After passing Shin-au-av's enemy test (in which he drinks cactus wine), the boy is sent home with a corn seeds. This is how corn was brought from the skies.
Type Text
Format application/pdf
Rights Digital Image © 2010 University of Utah. All Rights Reserved
ARK ark:/87278/s6c855td
Spatial Coverage Utah
Setname uaida_main
ID 362735
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6c855td
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